Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-11-25
FAen AND HoUsEHoLD.

grating the natural apple trees ana
other bearers Of worthless fruit TO be
found on almost every farm. Some va
rieties of fruit. however, should be
bud led, rather than grated. and give
the following schedule OF modes Of
propagation adapted to different trees
and fruit bearing shrubs:
Apple and pear, budding and graft
ing.
Cherry. mostly by budding, but sue
coed. we'll by grating IL done very
early.
Peach and nectarine, by budding
only, at the North; often succeeds BY
grating at the South.
Plum. by grating, and also by bud
ding IL the stocks are thrifty.
Apricot, mostly by budding, some-
times by grating.
Almond, by budding and sometimes
by grating.
Chestnut, by early grating.
Walnut, by early grating and by an
nual budding.
Ounce, by cutting and grating.
Filbert, by suckers and layers. The
finer sorts may be grated on the more
common. which reduces the size of the
bush aud makes them more prolific.
Grape, by layers and cuttings, anG. la
rare instances, grating is advantage
ously employed for new or rare sorts
on old or wild stocks, producing rapid
growth aud early bearing.
Raspberry and blackberry, by suck
ers, cuttings of roots and layers.
Gooseberry and currant, by cuttings
and sometimes by layers.
To insure good grating one Eust
have sharp tools and good wax. The
grating wax purchased is not always =
good article, and It's preferable to make
it, BY heating and mixing equal parts
of rosin, tallow and yellow beeswax.
A coat of this wax. about one-twentteth
OF an inch thick, spread over muslin,
calico or tough and flexible paper makes
al excellent plaster for outdoor graft
ing; or. IL spread half an inch on paper,
is well adapted to root grating. In
either case the strips should be narrow,
that they may be easily wrapped around
the graft till 1t is well covered, when
the rest may be torn of. In making the
plasters Ii 1. essential that the ingredi-
ents of the wax should be thoroughly
stirred together before 1t ia spread. A
kind of paper, soft, thin and tough, is
now much used by dry goods shep-
keepers for wrapping. and may BE- pur
chased By the ream. For outdoor
grating, in cool weather, lantern or
piasters. A cheaper kind Of WAX Gao
be made of four parts Of tallo~, one
part Of yellow beeswax, but 1t sticks TO
ones fugers and cannot be rapidly
used.
MATURING CANNOT BE OvERDoNE.-
The venerable Peter Henderson thinks
manuring cannot be oyerdone, and says:
IL is great blunder to attempt to grow
vegetable crops without the use Of ma
nures of various kinds. l never yet saw
soils Of any kind that had borne crop
of vegetables that would produce as
good a crop the next season without the
use Of manure, no matter how rich the
soil may thought TO be. An illustration
OF this came under my observation last
season. One of my neighbors, market
gardener Of twenty years experience,
and whose grounds have always been a
perfect model Of productiveness, had in
prospect to run sixty foot street
through his grounds. Thinking his
land sufficiently rich to carry through a
crop Of cabbages without manure, he
thought IL useless 10 waste money by
using guano on that portion on which
the street was TO be. but each aide he
sowed guano at the rate OF l 200 pounds
10 the acre, aud planted the whole with
early cabbages. The effect was the
most marked ever saw. That portion
on which the guano had been used sold
OF readily at sl2 per hundred, or about
81 400 per acre, both price and crop be-
ing more than the average; but the
portion from which the guano had been
withheld hardly averaged SO per hun
dred. The street occupied fully all
acre Of around, so that my friend actu.
ally lost over 81 $50 in crop by with
holding $50 for manure. Another
neighbor. with lease only one year to
run, also uDwisely concluded 1t would
be foolish to waste manure on his last
crop, and so planted and sowed all
without. The result was, as his expe-
rience should have taguht him. q crop
Of inferior quality In every article
grown and loss on his eight acres Of
probably $4,000 Tor that.-Nationol
Stockman.
NICE For TEA.-Potato cake for tes 10
nice and inexpensive. Take cold mashed
potatoes and TO every cupful add ia
blespoonful of -four, pinch Of salt and
enough milk to make into = very stiff
batter. An egg adds to the taste. Put
griddle on to heat, cover with little
butter or beef fat. mold tho cake into q
ronnd, ia, shape aud put on TO cook.
Bake very slowly at the back Of the fire
for about half an hour. sprinkling lit
tie -four over the top ard bottom 10 pre-
vent burning. Turn every ten minutes.
Serve hot, cut in slices and with plenty
Of butter.
JENNY LIND PUDDINa.-Peel ten or
twelve anDlps and alice them very thin